POE support? about ethersweep

[TheZothar]

I too am interested in POE :) Although i'm also familiar with feature creep in prototype designs and how it can distract for the core goal. Great work so far, looking forward to updates.

[gpdaniels]

Another +1 for PoE. I'm working towards automating my house and I'm keen to be able to make blinds/curtains/shutters move. I can get PoE to the windows but finding PoE blinds in the UK is a nightmare.

Really finding PoE for most things smart home is awkward. My current plan would be to use a PoE splitter to extract the power and then something like this project to control a stepper. Obviously this won't be the smallest or cleanest solution. Otherwise my options are something like this olimex board and a stepper driver board.

Re crowdfunding/financing, if there was a nicer solution that could interface with home assistnant I'd probably be after 30 or so. Then I just have to find the blinds.

[Neumi]

Hey, Thanks!
Good thoughts! POE is cool, but I'm currently not sure if it's worth the extra trouble right now. The 12W of the Ag9912 and AG9924 is (maybe) a bit on the low side of power delivery I guess. And I'm not sure how small the design can actually be for my power requirements. On top, I think it is a good thing to be able to run it from standard routers at home with no POE injectors etc. But I will take a look at that in the future. :)

A four-layer board is surely the way to go in the future. This board was somewhat of a learning project and I stumbled a bit into the current design. Thanks for the tip!

[Neumi]

Actually... the POE module might just fit on the top board :D

[burner-]

poe++ will deliver 70W and instead of doing DC-DC conversion for all power maybe you can use that poe voltage directly for motor and step down only control voltage. Naturally you will need high voltage driver chip for that.